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#1 01-25-07, 8:41 PM
Arixx Offline Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2135	Here's my most recent... Sketched on paper, scanned in and refined. Inked in Manga Studio and currently in Photoshop for coloring. click for the big version. Mod Edit: Fixed thread title. Modified by Luna_, 01-30-13, 9:55 AM "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever."

#2 01-25-07, 8:57 PM
Kanashimi Offline Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2044	Ugh, I need to learn how to ink properly. Anyway, I love it Arixx, nice body structure~! Here's something I doodled a few days ago:

#3 01-25-07, 8:58 PM
running_lemon Offline Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1352	Thats pretty awesome....If only I could draw....shrug

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01-25-07, 9:03 PM

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Those are very nice. ^^

I gave up drawing quite a while ago. xD And my paintings and stuff was just from high school art class. I'm like the dictionary definition of a talentless person.. (can't cook, can't draw, can't write, can't play an instrument, can't dance, can't act, can't sing, can't do any sport, can't do public speaking, can't debate, can't study, can't calculate, can't do maths, can't design.. what else.. lol)

#5 01-25-07, 9:14 PM
running_lemon Offline Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1352	lol, you have to believe in yourself Crystal, you must have some talent!~ but yeah, I'm bascially the same. I am quite certain I don't have any outstanding talents. I place high merit on myself academically, but I don't really care about academics, do they really even matter? I wish I were tallented in an area I cared more about.

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01-25-07, 9:29 PM

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Practice, practice, practice... and as long as it's fun, then practice should never be a problem in the first place. I might be a bit bold here, but I believe everyone has a talent. It could be as something as mundane as cleaning or maybe being optimistic. Maybe you can smile when no one else can, or cry when no one else can. What’s your fear, does anyone else have it? It’s not just about drawing, music, or acting. Those are just common that’s why they are so easily recognized (and they appear much more often in the public eye). I mean, what about the talent found in food-eating competitions? Not something we see everyday, but certainly something that has some sort of skill to it.

Okay, now I’m ranting… XP

#7 01-25-07, 9:30 PM
FateSyka Offline Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1865	I need my dad to hook up my scanner again... I don't draw much anymore. I still sucked after two years of practice and got angry and impatient. xD

#8 01-25-07, 9:32 PM
Ceray Offline Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5316	xD; I've got a drawing I want to scan, but I can't. I'll go see if I can borrow someone's... is okay at drawing

#9 01-25-07, 9:46 PM
Kanashimi Offline Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2044	Ugh, my friend in Biology drew over this (thus the large mark I couldn't erase completely). Modified by Kanashimi, 01-25-07, 9:50 PM

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01-25-07, 10:06 PM

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Kanashimi said:
Practice, practice, practice... and as long as it's fun, then practice should never be a problem in the first place. I might be a bit bold here, but I believe everyone has a talent. It could be as something as mundane as cleaning or maybe being optimistic. Maybe you can smile when no one else can, or cry when no one else can. What’s your fear, does anyone else have it? It’s not just about drawing, music, or acting. Those are just common that’s why they are so easily recognized (and they appear much more often in the public eye). I mean, what about the talent found in food-eating competitions? Not something we see everyday, but certainly something that has some sort of skill to it.

Okay, now I’m ranting… XP

Thats a very nice way of thinking, I'm afraid I don't believe it though, not everyone has a talent. Ok so maybe there is someone who can snap their fingers better then anyone else, or someone who can win any staring contests, but those aren't in the least bit useful. They aren't really things you can take pride and pleasure in.

Also, things like being optimistic and smiling when no one else can probably has more to do with personality and not talents.

I do agree with you about the practicing. To take a page from Rock Lee, hard work can overcome talent. You just have to work that much harder to make up for the ability you lack. I honestly and truly believe that.

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01-25-07, 10:09 PM

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running_lemon said:

Thats a very nice way of thinking, I'm afraid I don't believe it though, not everyone has a talent. Ok so maybe there is someone who can snap their fingers better then anyone else, or someone who can win any staring contests, but those aren't in the least bit useful. They aren't really things you can take pride and pleasure in.

But it's nice to know you have them. And making talents can be fun, too. *working to be ambedexrious*

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01-25-07, 10:24 PM

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running_lemon said:
Thats a very nice way of thinking, I'm afraid I don't believe it though, not everyone has a talent....

Eh, my way of thinking has always been overly naive. Snapping your fingers could be something to be proud off, I think, if it was something more presentable in the world. It's all acting, beauty/vanity, writing, music, and drawing. I don't think it's a fair thing to be cornered by those talents only. It's just a way to define it though, so no need to take it into thought really.

#13 01-25-07, 11:16 PM
running_lemon Offline Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1352	Sorry if it seemed like it, but I wasn't calling you naive or anything, and I like taking everything to thought. ^_^

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01-26-07, 5:28 AM

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Practice does make perfect... I still have drawings stashed away from 1994. Sometimes I'll go back and look at them and it makes me realize how much I really sucked at drawing. It's the same today... I'll draw something that I just can't get right and get frustrated, then I might look through my old stuff and realize that hey, it isn't so bad. One of my worst traits was thinking I could just sit down and draw what ever I wanted on a whim with no practice... that really pissed me off and still does x.X

Kana:

Excellent drawings, I love the hair and cloth folds. =P

"...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever."

#15 01-26-07, 5:32 AM
Chelle Offline Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3275	Crystal said: I'm like the dictionary definition of a talentless person.. (can't cook, can't draw, can't write, can't play an instrument, can't dance, can't act, can't sing, can't do any sport, can't do public speaking, can't debate, can't study, can't calculate, can't do maths, can't design.. what else.. lol) OMG... My long lost twin!!! ::hugs:: I'm the same. Can't do a damned thing...

#16 01-26-07, 5:52 AM
Aokaado Offline Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2118	Well I'm fairly good at school, math became a bit harder recently but it shouldn't really be a problem heh I suck at sports and drawing etc though =D For all those who thinks cloaks are cool and elegant, join the SOC Brigade! \| Norwegian Anime Association

#17 01-26-07, 8:33 AM
otaku1699 Offline Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 306	My sister has a bunch of drawing in a notebook bursting at the seems (the old one burst, but the new one is stretching). Should get her to scan a few since she got manga studio 3.0

#18 01-27-07, 5:30 AM
seif Offline Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 128	Just a simple sketch I've yet to finish.

#19 01-27-07, 6:00 AM
Crystal Offline Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2542	Impressive sketch. O.O

#20 01-28-07, 10:07 AM
Arixx Offline Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2135	Excellent, seif! I like the shading style. "...Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms. No, not me, not when death lasts forever."